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Functional descriptions : theory in practice /

This volume focuses on the relation between theory and description by examining aspects of transitivity in different languages. Transitivity or case grammar, to use the popular term has always occupied a centre-stage position in linguistics, not least because of its supposedly privileged relation to...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Hasan, Ruqaiya, Cloran, Carmel, Butt, David, 1950-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub., ©1996.
Colección:Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Current issues in linguistic theory ; v. 121.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Theories, maps, and descriptions / Davis Butt
  • On grammar and grammatics / M.A.K. Halliday
  • On the idea of theory-neutral descriptions / Christian Matthiessen and Christopher Nesbitt
  • Ditransitivity and possession / Kristin Davidse
  • So grammarians haven't the faintest idea : reconciling lexis-oriented and grammar-oriented approaches to language / Gordon H. Tucker
  • The semantics of get-passives / Angela Downing
  • Causation in Dutch and French : interpersonal aspects / Liesbeth Degand
  • Process types in Finnish / Susanna Shore
  • The "complement" in Chinese grammar / Edward McDonald
  • Pitjantjatjara processes : an Australian experiential grammar / David Rose
  • Metalinguistic diversity : the case from case / J.R. Martin.